tuxedon.
/tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/, U.S. /təkˈsidoʊ/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
In full tuxedo coat, tuxedo jacket. A short jacket without tails, for formal wear; a dinner-jacket.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > jacket > without tails
dinner jacket1852
dinner coat1856
mess jacket1863
tuxedo1889
smoking1922
tux1922
DJ1967
1889 Sartorial Art Jrnl. Aug. 18/1 The low-roll, silk~faced sack, variously called the ‘Cowes’ coat, the ‘Tuxedo’ coat, and the Dress Sack, is undoubtedly popular.
1889 Sartorial Art Jrnl. Dec. 97/1 The ‘Tuxedo’ or dress sack is steadily growing in favor for dress negligee purposes.
1900 G. Ade Fables in Slang 130 A jimmy little Tuxedo.
1925 H. L. Foster Trop. Tramp with Tourists 333 Dress coats and tuxedo jackets were removed.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 12 Nov. 888/4 Bert..is to pose in public as a successful lover,..in the traditional Tuxedo, with the ribbon of the Garter pinned across his bosom as a Right Honourable.
a1944 K. Douglas Alamein to Zem Zem (1946) vi. 47 Beneath the oil stains their white tuxedos and seductive dresses shone.
1950 J. Vedey Band Leaders p. xiii The budding maestro must make up his mind whether he will present his band in orthodox tuxedos or in some distinctive style of uniform.
1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF viii. 93 He was in a white tuxedo with black floppy tie.
Compounds
† tuxedo net n. Obsolete a kind of net veiling. tuxedo sofa n. a sofa of a style having back and arms the same height; also tuxedo-style sofa. tuxedo unionism n. (also tuxedo trade unionism) (see quot. 1965).
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society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > trade unionism > systems or doctrines of
industrial unionism1870
tuxedo unionism1895
syndicalism1907
anarcho-syndicalism1922
voluntarism1924
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > sofa or couch > [noun] > other sofas or couches
bed-loft1606
Persian bed1654
divana1701
bergère1762
stibadium1840
deacon-seat1851
tuxedo sofa1895
Davenport1897
Chesterfield1900
Madame Récamier1923
Récamier1923
contour couch1952
incliner1978
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > with open texture > net or mesh > for veils
tuxedo net1895
Malines1897
1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 79/1 Black silk tuxedo net veiling, 13 inches wide.
c1900 in Amer. Mail Order Fashions (1961) 19 28 in. tuxedo net. Entirely new pattern in black, white and navy.
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tuxedo sofa.
1965 Amer. Home Mar. 43/1 (caption) Curved Tuxedo sofa..illustrates the graceful, softer look for 1965 Modern.
1972 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 85/5 (advt.) Tuxedo-style sofa.
1977 Chicago Tribune 2 Oct. i. 45 (advt.) An elegant and timeless tuxedo sofa with loose pillows and arm bolsters in a rich champagne beige velvet.
1965 Economist 6 Feb. 537/2 Critics accuse him of having become aloof from the rank and file of his union and of practising what they call ‘tuxedo trade unionism’... As a ‘labour statesman’ he associates freely with leading officials in both the government and the steel companies.
1977 Time 17 Jan. 48/2 Sadlowski calls McBride's style ‘tuxedo unionism’.
Derivatives
tuˈxedoed adj. wearing a tuxedo.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing a jacket > types of
Eton-jacketed1888
blazered1931
tuxedoed1934
anoraked1960
mackinawed1960
1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xviii. 284 They..passed the tuxedoed orchestra, which was playing wildly on a dais.
1973 ‘E. McGirr’ Bardel's Murder ii. 45 Near him was Jack Prat, tuxedoed, urbane.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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